Etymology

tsuna

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Today it means: the wide ceremonial belt, with hanging zigzag ribbons, worn by a yokozuna Full definition →

Japanese 綱
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from綱“rope”
  2. English todaytsuna

Borrowed from Japanese 綱 (つな, tsuna, “rope”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.